Mists of Pandaria Faction Guide: The Lorewalkers

Gaining reputation with The Lorewalkers is an unusual process. Instead of completing dailies or zone quests like most other Pandaren factions, players gain reputation by visiting monuments, completing achievements, and hearing folktales. If you have an organized path in mind, hitting Exalted should only take a few hours with a flying mount!

As the keepers of Pandaren culture,The Lorewalkers go hand-in-hand with the spirit of Archaeology. The unusual reputation grind fits the nature of these cultural librarians, and reputation rewards enhance this profession. Check out our beta article on archaeology changes here!

Patch Changes

In Patch 5.2, players can complete an additional three scrolls on the Isle of Thunder.

Video Overview

Lore made a video showing the reputation process--hunting down monuments in the world and then watching the unlocked story!

5.0 Stories

Each monument in Pandaria is tied to an achievement. Upon visiting all the monuments for an achievement, you will be mailed a scroll that begins a quest. Both completing the achievement and turning in the scroll to Lorewalker Cho will give reputation. Turning in all the scrolls will net you Exalted.

When you turn the scroll in, Lorewalker Cho will automatically reenact a story for you that sheds light on Pandaren lore. You can hear these stories again anytime by talking to Lorewalker Cho.

Shaohao was Pandaria's greatest and last emperor. He dedicated his life to ridding himself of anger and grief, and the places of his dramatic trials are now the locations of major Pandaria temples. By the end of his life, he was such a transcendent figure that the faded forest in Vale of Eternal Blossoms came to life when he entered it.

The Mogu used their flesh-warping magics to transform a race of slow-witted lizards into ferocious killing machines. They realized the extent of their physical power, and after killing the enemies of the Mogu, turned on them and killed the Mogu themselves. The emperor ordered all the Saurok to be killed, but they continue to survive.

The moral of the story is: Power is easily taken, but should not be lightly given.

Liu Lang set off to explore Pandaria, isolated from the rest of Azeroth. Traveling on the back of a turtle, he was mocked by his friends at the time for looking silly. However, Liu Lang was very clever--turtles always return to their home beach. Liu Lang would explore faraway places, returning every few years with even grander stories. Over time, more and more brave Pandaren joined him on his travels.

An unruly panda cub was scolded by his father for acting like the Hozen. However, after seeing the spontaneous way the short-lived race embraced life, the cub decided that it was more appealing to live freely like the Hozen, instead in extreme caution like the Pandaren.

The Jinyu originated from humble murlocs that fortunately lived near magical pools in the Vale. They are now considered one of the wisest races, possessing a rare capability to communicate with the water spirits. Their visions are behind many great events in Pandaria's history, and they were able to predict Azeroth's Sundering ten thousand years ago.

The Mogu Empire built their empire on a foundation of fear and torture. They were able to enslave the pandaren, hozen, and jinyu through their brutal tactics, soon experimenting with flesh-shaping to create vicious soldiers. The story ended when one slave was finally able to conquer his fears and was immune to the Mogu's intimidation.

Lorewalker Cho warns you that studying the Mantid is a dangerous topic. They predate the Mogu and nobody has ever befriended the Mantid. He explains how the Mantid periodically attack the Pandaren, who must defend themselves against the slaughter--learning about the value of life in the process.

Back when the Pandaren were enslaved by the Mogu, they were forbidden from using weapons. Kang, First of the First Dawn, learned how to defend himself without weapons, and inspired the other Pandaren to train, claiming that they were strong--just in different ways from the Mogu. After the Pandaren trained with Kang, they viewed themselves as warriors, not as slaves.

The Yaungol were a race of Tauren that were split from Azeroth during the Sundering. Trapped in Townlong Steppes, a desolate place, the Yaungol learned how to master fire--for oil, cooking, heat, and warfare. From the tenacious fate of the Yaungol, the Pandaren have learned that fate is like fire--it can shape or destroy you.

Comments

Comment by Eighjan

The problem I've found myself with (OK; it's in Beta) is that if you loremaster all the zones to death you can miss ONE of the parts required for "The Song of the Yaungol"; namely "Yaungol Tactics".

When questing in Hatred's Vice, make sure you 'find' the totem that is 'Yaungol Tactics' as it would seem that it's going to be a 'victim of phasing'; so coming back for it may not be possible once MoP goes live... :(

No fun being stuck on 17160/21000...

Comment by Mourning

on 2012-10-01T06:38:25-05:00

Hey, is it realy true, that there are only 4 rares to dig up in Pandaria ?

Thanks in advance

/mourning

Comment by xvravenstormvx

on 2012-10-14T23:18:17-05:00

i am having a problem with phasing in stoneplow can not get the birthplace of liu lang blizz knows about it but can not give me an "ETA" on when the "phasing problem will be fixed the placed the scroll on the back of the inn where unfortunately i never looked until after i was done with the entire questline for stoneplow and got the achieve for completing it sigh so now i watch as the flight master and scroll phase shift on me o_0 but can not use either i am 24 points from exalted my archy is completely to 600 dailys do not give me rep im looking for anyway for rep if anyone can help me i play anexia on draka plz i want my cloud :(((((

Comment by Eido

on 2014-09-20T04:07:48-05:00

As I am going along, visiting all these monuments, I just wanted to point out any misinformation in this guide:I will post more if I find any.

For Townlong Steppes, the map dot at Hatred's Vice doesn't seem to exist.actually I figured this one out, this map dot belongs on the Kun-Lai Summit map and the bottom map dot in Kun-Lai Summit belongs at Hatred's Vice in Townlong Steppes.

For Kunlai Summit, the map dot at Mogu'shan Terrace is misplaced. The artifact is to the right, under the map balloon.